Three Little Birds

Just recently, Alex had the Bob Marley song 'Three Little Birds' brought to his attention through a music video on Noggin. He was mesmerized by it, mostly because of the music. After it was over, I got my iPod and played the song for him to let him know that we have the song anytime he'd like to hear it. He asked for a few times, but mostly if the same music video reminded him of it.

This morning, he saw a bunch of sparrows on our lawn and he said 'Look Mama. Little birds on tha doorsep.' (Lyric from the song). So, I sang the song for him. Later in the day, in the park, he ran to a heavily shaded area where he could hear a ton of birds and started singing 'Don' worry....Ev'ry things gon' be awright' up to the birds and then came running up to me to have me put my arm out while he ducked underneath it, hugging my leg. He said 'Mama Bat and Baby bat!'

He was re-enacting the music video while he sang the song. There's a part in it in which a mother bat shields a baby bat from the rain with her wing."

August 27, 2009